General Sheridan's Copy
Autograph Manuscript signed ("A.J.H. Duganne") of his poem "Sheridan's Harvesting"
n.p: [1865].
Price: $1,250.00
About the item
One of 75 copies comprising sheets from the 1855 edition, with new title-page, some with sheets of manuscript bound in. Written on four preliminary blank leaves of a copy of Duganne's Poetical Works, Autograph Edition [Phila: Carey & Hart], 1865. 1 vols. 8vo. General Sheridan's Copy. Original green cloth gilt, t.e.g, board edges bevelled, minor stains slight rubbing. BAL 4900.
Item #2730
Major-General Sheridan's copy, with his name stamped in gilt on front cover within a gilt laurel wreath topped by an American Eagle. Duganne was a Boston author whose verse and prose won great acclaim in his day from contemporary critics such as William H. Burleigh: "Mr. Duganne's lyrical powers are characterized by a nervous energy, a generous sympathy with humanity, a wonderful command of language, and an ardent hatred of wrong and oppression in all their forms..." (Quoted by Allibone). A wonderful association copy.
